Film production is one of the world’s most complex creative industries. It sits at the intersection of storytelling, logistics, finance, regulation, culture, and human relationships—often spanning borders, languages, and legal systems. Yet despite its global reach, the industry continues to operate through fragmented workflows and informal coordination that struggle to scale from one project to the next.

As artificial intelligence enters creative conversations, much of the focus has centred on content generation. Far less attention has been paid to a deeper structural challenge: how films are actually planned, coordinated, and executed at scale. This is the problem filmmaker and technology entrepreneur Gaurav Sharma has chosen to address.

Rather than treating AI as a creative shortcut, Sharma has applied systems thinking to filmmaking—viewing production not as a linear process, but as an interconnected system in which each decision affects budgets, locations, compliance, crew, and timelines. His view is that film projects rarely fail due to a lack of creativity; they falter when complexity overwhelms coordination.

Through Storyvord, Sharma has developed an AI-driven platform designed to connect the entire pre-production ecosystem—helping filmmakers move from script to scene with greater clarity, foresight, and shared understanding.

To date, Storyvord’s AI systems have supported 64 film projects, enabling cross-border co-production and collaboration between filmmakers working across different regulatory, cultural, and operational environments.

This work received personal recognition at the Khajuraho International Film Festival 2025, where Sharma was honoured with the Best AI Contribution in Films award.

Beyond industry recognition, Sharma’s innovation has received financial support and formal recognition from the Government of India and is being further developed in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.

His work has been shaped through global incubation programmes including Cyberport Hong Kong, HEC Paris @ Station F, Startupbootcamp Netherlands, and the Block71 global network.

“Technology is at its best when you don’t notice it—when it fades quietly into the background and allows people to focus on what they do best. My vision is not to make filmmakers think about artificial intelligence. It is to make them think only about their stories—while the system takes care of everything else.”

About Gaurav Sharma

Gaurav Sharma is a filmmaker and technology entrepreneur building AI infrastructure for global film production through Storyvord.